ON OWNING HER AGE
“The day before I turned 40, I panicked and went out to run 10 miles. On mile nine, I said, ‘What am I doing? This is ridiculous; you don’t need to prove anything.’ And I went home. Today I’m not at all freaked out about my next birthday. There’s serenity in letting go.”

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